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Oscar Romero was born on 17 of agust of 1917
Oscar Romero was born on 17 of agust of 1917 -
On 11 May 1919, at the age of one, Óscar was baptised into the Catholic Church by Fr. Cecilio Morales.
On 11 May 1919, at the age of one, Óscar was baptised into the Catholic Church by Fr. Cecilio Morales. -
In 1930, at the age of 13, he entered the minor seminary in the city of San Miguel
In 1930, at the age of 13, he entered the minor seminary in the city of San Miguel -
He studied in El Salvador and in Rome and was ordained in 1942.
He studied in El Salvador and in Rome and was ordained in 1942. -
Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (CEDES)
He was appointed Secretary of the CEDES, establishing his office at the Seminary of San José de la Montaña that, led by Jesuits, was CEDES headquarters. Three years later Pope Paul VI ordained him auxiliary bishop of El Salvador. -
He was appointed auxiliary bishop of San Salvador
He was appointed auxiliary bishop of San Salvador -
Santiago de María
Was appointed bishop of Santiago de Maria in 1974. -
Was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Santiago de María in the department of Usulutan.
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On February 3, 1977 he was appointed as Archbishop of San Salvador
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Was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize at the end of 1977
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He was assassinated on 24 March 1980.
He was assassinated when a mass in the chapel of the Divine Providence Hospital in Colonia Miramonte San Salvador. A shot fired by a sniper hit his heart, just before Holy Consecration. When he was killed, was 62 years old. His remains rest in the crypt of the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador.His death sparked the beginning of the civil war in El Salvador.
